Yes, a very scientific article, or even better, a good work of fiction could be written based on Doug's discovery of the half-rational elements and their unique properties.
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Doug,
Very intriguing.
Bev
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Bev,
Thank you for your observations. I was thinking about your response on Saturday night. I am positive that I was the only one on the planet Saturday night lying in hammock in the rain with a Boy Scout Troop, thinking about the physics and chemistry of a half fractional element.
So, I had to go back and do some research. Fortunately, I have an excellent colleague to help me. As many of you might recall, Clumpy and Kloumpios are married, and the wives make their residence here in Iowa. Clumpy's wife, Ellywick, is the Clan Historian and Keeper of Records. When Hillman callously sends the boys all over the globe, Ellywick has been working on digitizing centuries of esoteric scientific literature. She has many of the confirming records that Dave can never seem to find. If he would only ask....
In reviewing my submission, I was in error on the formula, as Ellywick pointed out. It should have been So(NO3)4, which would give So a +4 valence for that compound. Since research on pure Solomonium is scarce, it is unknown if it could have another valence when combined with the highly unstable nitrous trioxide molecule. Perhaps that is what led to the demise of Dr. Oddy. Ellywick also informed me that the ash residue found in the disaster was actually Dr. Arnold Oddy, Andrew's twin brother. Which is why Dr. Andrew Oddy lives on today, though of course, grief stricken over the loss. My error.
Your theories regarding the half factional atomic numbers is intriguing.
We are all used to thinking about atomic orbitals being half filled.
Perhaps the half fractionals have atomic orbitals only quarter filled.
Perhaps beside having up-spin and down-spin, they are side-spin.
You have, of course destroyed any chance of a good night's sleep for weeks....
Doug Pauls
Principal Materials and Process Engineer Rockwell Collins
On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 2:53 PM, Bev Christian <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Doug,
> There is also a slight problem with your chemical formula.
> SO2NO4 stands for one sulfur atom, two oxygen atoms, one nitrogen atom
> and four oxygen atoms.
>
> I would humbly like to offer some comments and suggestions.
> 1) If you meant So2NO4, then you are implying an anion of NO4 (charge
> unknown). Such an anion or even an uncharged molecule of such a
> formula does not exist.
> 2) If you meant to write SoONO3, then So would have a charge of +3.
> 3) If you meant to write So2ONO3, then each So atom would have a
> charge of
> +1.5, which would be in keeping with some other half fractional elements.
> 4) Yet another possibility is that you should have written So2ONO3,
> where the NO3 is the highly unstable nitrous trioxide molecule (really
> does exist), which is stabilized as an adduct by the So2O entity. I
> say entity because I am not sure if it is covalent or ionic.
> Nevertheless, the oxidation number for So would be 1.
>
> The latter makes me wonder if the true atomic number is 48.5, not 46.5.
> This would make So2 similar to Hg2+2 and Cd2+2. I worked on the
> latter during my time as a PhD student, but did not generate enough
> data for a degree and went off and looked at the sulfides and
> selenides of phosphorus and arsenic instead.
>
> There are other possibilities, but they entail suggesting that you
> made an error in not including another, additional type of half
> fractional element in the formula you stated and there are too many
> possibilities to go into here.
>
> I look forward to your reply and wonder if any of my guesses (2-4)
> and/or idea about the atomic number are correct or if you have an
> alternate explanation.
>
> Regards,
> Bev
>
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>
> Here is the Element Quiz Question:
>
> The Question:
> This element is a metal and has a large variety of commercial applications.
> It can be found in nature as a free element and is one of the best
> known element despite only being the 35th most abundant on Earth. The
> element is mentioned in the Bible and was known to ancient
> civilizations. This element has been poisoning humans for hundreds of
> years. This element is used in the Oddy test. Which element is being described?
>
> The Answer:
> The element is Lead (Pb). Lead is used in hundreds of commercial
> applications and has equally been shown to be toxic in hundreds of ways.
> Lead was added to wine, used in paint, used in gasoline and in
> cosmetics before its toxicity was fully understood. Lead chromate
> (PbCrO4) is a safe yellow pigment and lead azide [Pb(N3)2] is used as
> a detonator of explosives. Lead derives its name from the Latin word
> "plumbum" which is the origin of the English word "plumbing", all
> associated with the use of lead for water pipes in the Roman Empire.
>
> The Oddy test is a procedure created at the British Museum by
> conservation scientist William Andrew Oddy in 1973,[in order to test
> materials for safety in and around art objects. This test calls for a
> sample of the material in question to be placed in an airtight
> container with three coupons of different metals-silver, lead, and
> copper-that are not touching each other or the sample of the
> material.[3] The container is sealed with a small amount of de-ionized
> water to maintain a high humidity, then heated at 60 degrees Celsius
> for 28 days. An identical container with three metal coupons acts as a
> control. If the metal coupons show no signs of corrosion, then the
> material is deemed suitable to be placed in and around art objects.
> The Oddy test is not a contact test, but is for testing off-gassing.
>
>
> The winner of the quiz is Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp. and will get
> the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week.
>
> The EQAB was quite impressed with Doug's submission of "solomonium"
> but due to he submitted silver as his first response, all other
> submissions are null and void. Additionally, William Oddy is alive and
> breathing which conflicts with some of Doug's details. EQAB did find
> it interesting that nearly everyone but Doug does not survive
> interactions with the half fractional elements!
>
>
> So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following:
>
> Past Quiz winners/tasks:
> Week 1 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital Week 1 Ron Feyereisen,
> SigmaTron Intl.
> Week 2 Louis Hart, Compunetics
> Week 3 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger Ltd.
> Week 3 John Burke
> Week 4 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Week 5 No Winner - no correct
> responses!
> Week 6 Bhanu Sood, NASA
> Week 7 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp
> Week 7 Ian Fox, Rolls Royce
> Week 8 Leland Woodall
> Week 8 David Bealer, SMT
> Week 9 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> Week 10 Louis Hart, Compunetics
> Week 11 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> Week 11 Scott Decker, UTAS
> Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> Week 13 No Quiz, Week 14 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB
> Design and Assembly Week 15 Bhanu Sood, NASA Week 16 John Maxwell Week
> 17 Leland Woodall Week 18 Leland Woodall Week 19 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> Week 20 Robert Kondner Week 21 Tom Brendlinger, ClearMotion Inc.
> Week 22 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LCC Week 23 Juliano
> Ribeiro, DATACOM Week 24 Gerry Gagnon, FLIR Commercial Systems Week 25
> Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems Week 26 Joyce Koo, IPC International
> Week 26 Todd MacFadden, Bose Week 27 Bhanu Sood, NASA Week 28 Leland
> Woodall Week 29 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
>
> Week 30 Leland Woodall
> - It's roasting in NC right now, so the guys and I will have some
> early morning golf this weekend. Next week they can assist me with
> writing work instructions for our rework department. Joy, joy, right?
>
> Week 31 Leland Woodall
> - assisted with ????
>
> Week 32 Steve Gregory
> - assisted with ????
>
> Week 33 Leland Woodall
> - assisted with ????
>
> Week 34 Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp
> - assisted with ???
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week.
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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